How does Chapter 40 describe the relationship between a devotee and Sadguru Sai Baba?

Chapter 40 of the Shri Sai Satcharitra beautifully illustrates the relationship between a devotee and the Sadguru using the analogy of a river meeting the ocean. Just as a river loses its separate identity and becomes one with the ocean, a devotee who seeks exclusive refuge in Sai Baba is granted the Guru's own nature. This chapter explains that Sai Baba destroys the sense of duality, dissolving the separate feelings of 'me' and 'you.' When a devotee offers a full prostration, Sai embraces them, and through the transmission of spiritual energy, or shaktipat, He makes the unattainable attainable for them.